Is/was it only a Sun Microsystems thing to refer to zip/cable ties as ‘rat tails’ 7 Replies The question is in the subject line. I still do… Share this post:
Stephen Smoogen 2013/01/19 at 23:59 I heard it in West Coast data centers in the 2000′s so it might have been a bit more ubiquitous but I don’t hear it called that any more.. Reply ↓
Dave Walker 2013/01/20 at 01:32 After 11.5 years at Sun (much of which was spent in datacentres and server rooms), I think this is the first time I’ve encountered the term… Reply ↓
Richard 2013/01/20 at 19:17 More likely a PSUK thing. Here at PSNL we just called them tie wraps. Reply ↓
alecm Post author2013/01/20 at 07:05 Not just us: http://www.gw3vvc.freeserve.co.uk/carolina.htm > The balun is laid parallel against the top of the pole and held in place using strong cable-ties (rat’s tails). http://sciroccoregisterforum.co.uk/carforum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=280&hilit=unplugging > You will also find that some wires are bundled together with rat-tails or cable-ties. http://www.ukgser.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-235843.html > rat tails, rubber glue, open eye needle, small round file or similar, 2x gas cyls with valve bit or small bike pump (better but harder work) Reply ↓
fatals 2013/01/20 at 08:37 I remember the term, but as I worked at Sun in the UK at the same time as you, that’s not really very surprising. However, I’ve always called them cable-ties. Reply ↓
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I heard it in West Coast data centers in the 2000′s so it might have been a bit more ubiquitous but I don’t hear it called that any more..
After 11.5 years at Sun (much of which was spent in datacentres and server rooms), I think this is the first time I’ve encountered the term…
perhaps just a PSEMEA thing, then!
More likely a PSUK thing. Here at PSNL we just called them tie wraps.
Not just us:
http://www.gw3vvc.freeserve.co.uk/carolina.htm
> The balun is laid parallel against the top of the pole and held in place using strong cable-ties (rat’s tails).
http://sciroccoregisterforum.co.uk/carforum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=280&hilit=unplugging
> You will also find that some wires are bundled together with rat-tails or cable-ties.
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-235843.html
> rat tails, rubber glue, open eye needle, small round file or similar, 2x gas cyls with valve bit or small bike pump (better but harder work)
I remember the term, but as I worked at Sun in the UK at the same time as you, that’s not really very surprising. However, I’ve always called them cable-ties.